CDF Munir, Saudi Defence Minister Discuss Measures to Halt Iranian Attacks on Kingdom

Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held a meeting in which both sides discussed Iranian attacks on the kingdom within the framework of the joint strategic defence agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. In a statement posted on X early Saturday, Khalid bin Salman said the meeting focused on ways to stop the attacks, which he said do not serve the security and stability of the region. التقيت معالي قائد قوات الدفاع قائد الجيش الباكستاني المشير عاصم منير. بحثنا الاعتداءات الإيرانية على المملكة في إطار اتفاقية الدفاع الإستراتيجي المشترك بين بلدينا الشقيقين، وسبل وقف هذه الاعتداءات التي لا تصب في مصلحة أمن واستقرار المنطقة، متمنيّن أن يُغلب الجانب الإيراني الحكمة… pic.twitter.com/ex5Qf32lMj — Khalid bin Salman خالد بن سلمان (@kbsalsaud) March 7, 2026 The meeting follows an escalation of tensions in the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28, with Tehran retaliating by targeting US bases across the Gulf region, including Saudi Arabia, with missiles and drones. 'I met with His Excellency the Chief of Defence Forces, Chief of the Pakistani Army, Field Marshal Asim Munir,' the Saudi defence minister wrote on X. He added that there is hope that the Iranian side will prioritize wisdom and reason and refrain from 'wrong calculations.' 'We discussed the Iranian attacks on the kingdom within the framework of the joint strategic defence agreement between our two brotherly countries, and ways to stop these attacks, which do not serve the security and stability of the region, hoping that the Iranian side will prioritise wisdom and reason and refrain from wrong calculations,' he stated. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed the landmark Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) in September last year, which treats an attack on either nation as an act of aggression against both. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inked the pact in Riyadh, further strengthening the decades-old security partnership. The Saudi Defence Ministry said a number of drones had been shot down that were targeting the Shayba oil field in the Empty Quarter on Saturday, according to a Saudi media report. A drone attacked the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday, causing a minor fire, but no one was hurt in the incident. However, Iran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, categorically denied that his country attacked the American mission. 'We confirmed that Iran has no role in the attack on the US embassy in Riyadh,' the ambassador told AFP. The high-level meeting underscores Pakistan's commitment to the strategic defence agreement with Saudi Arabia amid escalating regional tensions following the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli airstrikes.